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Difficulty: EasyAdjectives, Adverbs, and Modifiers

Read the sentence scenario below:

'Walking through the botanical garden, colorful flowers were admired by the tourists.'

Which restatement of this sentence correctly places the modifier so that the action naturally attaches to the logical subject?

  1. Walking through the botanical garden, the tourists admired colorful flowers.Answer
  2. B
    Walking through the botanical garden, colorful flowers were admired by the tourists.
  3. C
    Walking through the botanical garden, admiration was felt by the tourists for the colorful flowers.
  4. D
    Walking through the botanical garden, a camera was used by the tourists to photograph flowers.

Answer

Walking through the botanical garden, the tourists admired colorful flowers.
The correct response ensures that the noun phrase 'the tourists' immediately follows the introductory participial phrase 'Walking through the botanical garden'. Because tourists are capable of walking, the modifier correctly describes the subject of the main clause.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the introductory modifier phrase
The participial phrase is 'Walking through the botanical garden'.
Participial phrases function as adjectives modifying the main noun or pronoun that follows immediately after the comma.
2
Determine who or what performs the action of the modifier
The agents who walk are 'the tourists', not 'flowers', 'admiration', or 'a camera'.
A sentence must place the logical subject immediately after the introductory modifying clause to avoid a dangling modifier.
3
Select the option where the correct noun follows the modifier
The option placing 'the tourists' right after the comma creates a grammatically sound sentence.
This establishes clear modifier alignment and eliminates ambiguity.

Key Concept

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Modifiers

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